As Connecticut Gun Vote Nears, Security Concerns for Malloy

By

Joseph De Avila

Apr 3, 2013 1:32 pm ET

Associated Press

Gun rights advocates fill the hallways of the Capitol in Hartford on Wednesday.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy’s security detail has cancelled an appearance by the governor at the capitol Wednesday, citing security concerns as hundreds of gun-rights supporters rallied here in protest of a scheduled vote on a package of new gun-control laws.

Malloy was scheduled to appear at an unrelated event on autism at the capitol, but his security detail pulled him off.

“When the Governor’s security detail makes a decision on an event, we don’t question that determination. We have no further comment,” said Andrew Doba, a spokesman for Malloy.